ACTF

The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival takes place every year across the country.  Utah  is in Region VIII (8, for those who can't read capitalized letters), along with Arizona, parts of California, Hawaii, and I think Guam.  Maybe Nevada is in there too, but I am not confident in that one.  I went last year and it was pretty good.  I won the Regional award in Costume Design.  So cool.  Basically it meant I got 2nd place.

This year I was a little nervous.  I had patterned a costume and there was a new category called Allied Crafts so I could compete in it.  Here is a picture of me and my board.

Really, I had the lowest expectations in the world.  I mean, I was going up against my best friend Molly, and she was doing hair and makeup design.  Honestly.  They are so different.  No one at the competition knew how they compared, we said it was like comparing apples to:  oranges, limes, grapefruit, eggs, bacon, coconut, so on and so forth.  It was fun to just keep saying random foods though.  When I was posted as a finalist I was so excited!  I had the lowest expectations, but they really like my presentation and must have thought I showed good work.

During the awards ceremony they brought all of the finalists on stage.  I was practicing my, thanks for acknowledging me for being a finalist face, but they kept not saying my name.  When it got down to it, it was just Molly and I left.  I couldn't hear a word they were saying after that.  My heart was beating so fast and I was freaking out.  I ended up getting second place!  My certificate technically says Special Recognition, but that is so cool!  I mean, I went in expecting nothing, and I actually got good feedback and positive reinforcement for something that I did.  It felt so good.

I also did a paper project and I designed a kids' show Ice Wolf.  I also considered this a whatever design because it didn't seem to be very exciting.  It fulfilled the requirements of the show, which basically was just having everyone in fur, but I was using research from high fashion and I wasn't pushing the lines on anything really.  But, I got an Honorable Mention, which means I took second!

I AM NUMBER TWO!!

Opening the Call

Dear Sister Kennedy:

You are hereby called to serve as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  You are assigned to labor in the Hungary Budapest Mission.

Can you guess what is wrong with this picture?  I will tell you.  My hair was colored today... and... it is darker than before!!  Umm...  My hairdresser kept saying it would fade, but I won't lie... it made for one bad day.

Oh my hair...

So, I am getting ready for a mission and this means returning to my natural hair color.  Some people actually have no idea what color that is... which surprised me.  So I decided to come up with my hair in pictures!  Way funny.  I probably spend too much money coloring my hair.  Oh well.  I love it.

May 7, 2010

I had just gotten this cute little A line cut and a couple of highlights.  I am hoping to get my hair back to this regular human color for me!

September 25, 2010

I am the middle one!  It is just a really dark brown.

December 18, 2010

Brown with blonde highlights.

April 26, 2011

I am pretty sure this is all highlights and lowlights.  I am pretty sure caramel was one of the colors.

July 14, 2011

This whole summer I was all natural and just regular ol' blonde.  I think my hair is a little bit darker than Rachel's, but nonetheless, we are the perfect pair of sisters!

September 26, 2011

Trying out being a redhead!  I loved it.  I was super fun.

October 20, 2011

Dark, dark, dark brown.  I loved it.  People told me that they loved this over my red hair, and when I asked them if they like me as a blonde, a brunette, or a red head, they always said brunette.  I will not lie.  That was a buzzkill.  In November my hair was colored brown, but it shined purple!

January 3, 2012

And here is where we are now.  Some good blonde highlights in brown hair.  I am going tomorrow to get it switched up to blonde, and so maybe I will post another picture?

Just to keep you posted...

Just some small stuff.  I finished my mission papers yesterday.  Yay!!  I meet with my Stake President tonight and then they will be sent off on January 16.  Don't ask me where I want to go.  I don't know.  But!  Go ahead and ask me if I am excited... Because I am!

In the next couple of weeks expect the following blog posts:

1.   A brief synopsis on school...  School... yikes!  Can't believe it starts tomorrow...
2.   A brief synopsis on me opening my mission call.  Then I will go into full detail on where and dates and all of that stuff.  Oh man...  This is going to be great!

So I guess this means things are going great...  and I am still growing out my hair.  

Look how long!!

Life is Good.

Man. That picture is so funny. Every time I look at it I will admit it makes me smile, which is good. Life is good. I have had so much going on, and I couldn't be happier with how my life is developing. The only sad thing about it is that I am becoming a grown up :(

Because I haven't blogged in awhile it is important for me to note the following things...

1. I am an Ambassador for the Caine College of the Arts! Way cool. I have absolutely loved it, and I got 500 buckaroos! 
2. I costume designed Logan High School's musical, Once Upon A Mattress. Huge stress in my life. No worries. It opens today and that huge weight it finally off of my shoulders. 
3. I still work at the movie theatre. It is good, but somedays I just don't love it. Luckily there is an end in sight because... 
4. I started my mission papers! I am planning on turning them in January 9, because I graduate May 4 and I just want to go right after that!! YAY!! 

My best friend has a girlfriend. BOO!! I don't love it. I am really happy for him, but now all we do is argue and then we don't talk... and it is booooring. I have great roommates though... so we hang out! I just really miss talking to this kid though. I had some random friend tell me that I would find someone else to talk to and I got really mad. I don't want to talk to someone else. I just want to talk to my best friend. We've gone through a lot together. The end.

PEOPLE IN THE COSTUME SHOP ARE LISTENING TO STUPID CHRISTMAS MUSIC BEFORE THANKSGIVING!! Dumb.

I have been named as one of three Outstanding Senior for the Theatre Arts department. Holla! How exciting is that? Sometimes I think about it and it just makes my heart go pitter pat. I had to come up with a 50 word bio. I literally could not do it. I did get one down to 60... and so hopefully I don't get into too much trouble.

Watched Warren Miller with the parents last night. It was sooo good. I just love snow. It is currently snowing in Logan, and I love it. I love snow. Snow, snow, snow. I might have talked my mom into getting a season pass at the Beav with me, but who knows? I can go every Monday... So I think I might get a pass and become a total bum. Who needs good grades their last semester of school anyways?

I also have been selected to give a presentation at Thanksgiving Point to various 4H instructors and FACS teachers across the state. How did this happen? Who knows. I am nervous and very excited. I will be presenting to 150-ish people. That will be fun! They also will pay me for gas, which is cool because it then just becomes of free trip out of inversion ridden Logan. Yep. Life is good.

Freaking Terrifying.

Oh my gosh. Today a girl that just graduated high school asked me if I already had my degree. After I told her I wasn't going to graduate until Spring she followed up her first question with my new favorite question to get after that: What will you do afterwards? My first initial thought is to run away and live in my parents basement until they die and then I can take over the upstairs too!! Muahaha. A lot of people have been asking me lately what I think I am going to do with my life. Eh. Who knows? Here is the game plan as of right now.

* Serve an LDS Mission.

How boss would that be? I mean, I love Jesus Christ and I think service is way awesome, so that gives me the perfect opportunity to serve my Lord because I would be serving His children. Note: This also provides me a buffer with figuring out what I want to do.

* Get a big girl job.

I really don't know what I want to do when I grow up. Lately I have been thinking that I should go out and try my hand at costumes for film. Maybe I will hate it... But I have no idea! I have never tried it. That would be pretty sweet.

* Have long hair.

I think if I have long hair, people will like me more. So... I hope my hair will keep growing :)

Those are some crazy decisions I think! There is so much going on in this world, and putting myself into the workforce of that seems pretty intimidating. But all I really want to focus on right now is graduating. BFA! Sweet.